Washing-machine



W. HILTON.

\ (No Model.)

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 498,652. Patented May 30, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC WILLIAM HILTON, OF DU BOIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,652, dated May 30, 1893. I

Application filed January 21, 1893. Serial No. 459,161. (No modelJ To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HILTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Du Bois, in the county of Olearfield and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing machines.

The object of the present invention is 1; improve the construction of washing Inachines, and to increase their efficiency, and to enable clothes to be thoroughlywashed without injuring the fabrics.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure l is a perspective view of a washing machine constructed in accordancewith this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlugs.

l designates a rectangular frame provided in end bars 2 with bearings,and having j ournaled therein a polygonal rotating washing cylinder 4. The journals of the washing cylinder are centrally secured to the ends, and one of the journals is squared to receive a handle 5, by means of which the cylinder is rotated;

The-polygonal cylinder is of irregular octagonal shape, having four larger sides 6 and four smaller sides 7 connecting and interposed between the larger sides and arranged at the corners of the cylinder. The sides 6 and 7 are provided at their edges with longitudinal supporting cleats 8, and adjacent to their ends with annular series of cleats 9, and said cleats have secured to them an interior wire-screen lining 10. The wire-screen lining 10 is secured in place by longitudinally disposed bars 11 and end cleats 12 disposed similartothe cleats 9and fastened to the same. The longitudinal bars 11 besides securing the wirescreen lining serve to carry the clothes upward a short distance to cause the clothes to fall back and to be rubbed, The large sides 6 of the cylinder are provided with buckets, each consisting of a longitudinally-disposed strip 13 of sheet-metal, extending over about one-half the surface of each larger side and arranged beneath the'wire-screen or netting. When the cylinder is rotated the buckets collect water and suds and after arriving near the top pour their contents upon the clothes beneath. This operation produces a suction and causes water, suds and steam to be forced through the clothes, and at the same time the clothes are being turned and rubbed to expose them equally and thoroughly to the action of the water.

Each end of the cylinder is provided with a peripheral series of cleats 14, to which is secured an octagonal sheet-metal plate 15, and arranged on the exposed face of the same is an octagonal sheet 16 of wire screen or netting. The octagonal sheet metal plate is supported by diametrically arranged cleats 17 and is provided with a central diagonally disposed rectangular opening 18. The diagonally disposed cleats divide the space between the end piece and the plate into four buckets, and during the rotation of the cylinder the buckets successively fill with water when at the bottom, and discharge their contents when at the top, thereby increasing the efficiency of the washing machine. One of the sides is provided with a cover opening around which is arranged a flange 19, and which receives a cover 20. The cover is provided at opposite sides with pivoted catches 21, and is designed to have around its edges a suitable packing to make the cylinder perfectly water-tight.

It will be seen that the washing machine is simple, inexpensive and effective, and that clothes are thoroughly washed without injury to the fabrics, and that they are equally subjected to the action of Water and suds, and are rubbed duringthe rotation of the cylinder.

Changes inthe form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

The cylinder is provided with a discharge I00 opening 22 by means of which it may be drained, and which may be closed by a plug or any other suitable means.

What I claim is 1. In a washing machine, the combination of a frame, a polygonal cylinder journaled in the frame, supporting cleats secured to the inner faces of the sides of the cylinder, an interior lining of wire netting arranged on the supporting cleats, longitudinally disposed rubbing bars securing the lining of netting to the cleats, and longitudinally disposed strips arranged beneath the lining and forming buckets, substantially as described.

2. In a washing machine, the combination of a cylinder, a sheet metal plate arranged on an end of the cylinder parallel therewith andextending over the entire face of the same and forming a space between it and the end of the cylinder, and provided with a central opening, the diametrically-disposed supporting cleats arranged beneath the plate and ex tending across the central opening and forming separate water buckets, substantially as described.

3. In a washing machine, the combination of a cylinder, a sheet metal plate arranged on an end of the cylinder and forming a space beneath it and provided with a central rectangular opening, diametrically disposed supporting cleats arranged beneath the plate and extending across the opening and forming separate buckets, and the wire netting arranged on the exposed face of the plate, substantially as described.

a In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.-

i i. h i WILLIAM HILTON.

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Witnesses:

JOSEPH GOODYEAR, A. L. TOZIER. 

